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Columbus detectives are asking students, parents and teachers in Reynoldsburg schools for
information about a former math teacher who has been indicted on sex charges involving a
15-year-old girl.

Ryan D. Collopy abruptly resigned last April while Reynoldsburg district officials were
investigating student complaints that he had engaged in a video chat with a girlfriend while in
class, district spokeswoman Tricia Moore said.

Collopy, 33, of Reynoldsburg, has pleaded not guilty in Fairfield County Common Pleas Court to
unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and
illegal use of a minor in

nudity-oriented material or performance. The minor was not a student in the Reynoldsburg
district.

Collopy was charged in an indictment issued by a Fairfield County grand jury on March 7. He is
being held in the county jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Activities with the 15-year-old allegedly occurred in April and May 2013.

Moore said Reynoldsburg district officials learned that Columbus police were investigating
Collopy soon after he resigned.

She said she did not know whether the 15-year-old and the girlfriend whom students described as
chatting with him on Apple’s Facetime application were the same person.

Collopy taught math at Reynoldsburg High School from 2005 to 2010 and at Waggoner Road Junior
High School from 2010 to April 2013, and he was paid $55,375 annually, Moore said.

Before the video chat complaint, the only other complaint against Collopy was filed in 2005 by a
student who said he had brushed against her inappropriately in class, Moore said. Collopy denied
doing so. The complaint could not be independently corroborated, and he was not disciplined, Moore
said.

Edward Johnson, the district’s safety and security coordinator, sent a letter to district
families yesterday notifying them that Collopy had been indicted and that Columbus detectives were
seeking their help.

The charges in the indictment involve a girl from Columbus, Johnson wrote. Even so, Columbus
police detectives are interested in “relevant information” that Reynoldsburg families might be able
to provide.

“They are requesting any specific information about potentially criminal activity not previously
reported to the district or police,” Johnson wrote.